Namespacing

All settings are structured using dictionaries and lists. Those are collapsed into "namespaced" settings, by creating a setting using the full path of the settings name and it’s parent structures names, when reading the configuration file.

For example this setting:

output:
  elasticsearch:
    index: 'beat-%{[beat.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}'

gets collapsed into output.elasticsearch.index: 'beat-%{[beat.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}'. The full name of a setting is based on all parent structures involved.

Lists create numeric names starting with 0.

For example this filebeat setting:

filebeat:
  prospectors:
    - type: log

Gets collapsed into filebeat.prospectors.0.type: log.

Alternatively to using indentation, setting names can be used in collapsed form too.

Note: having two settings with same fully collapsed path is invalid.

Simple filebeat example with partially collapsed setting names and use of compact form:

filebeat.prospectors:
- type: log
  paths: ["/var/log/*.log"]
  multiline.pattern: '^['
  multiline.match: after

output.elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://localhost:9200"]